Saturday, August 28, 2010

Fading fragrances and room fragrance

So, some of my soaps have been in use for months and some of the
fragrances have started to fade on some of the soaps. It's really good
to note these changes over time. Some fragrances do tend to fade with
time. In particular the anise and peppermint essential oils have
faded. I only used 0.5 oz per pound of oil for each because I read that
they are pretty potent fragrances. Now I'm thinking I'll just use a
full 1 oz per pound of oil the next time I use them.
Other things I've found with my soaps. The ones with higher pomace
olive oil content at 60-70% to be too soft for my taste. Although it
may be worth it to experiment with the higher pomace olive oil and
adding sodium lactate which adds hardness. Or else don't use pomace
olive oil and instead use regular olive oil. The castile/bastile soaps
I made with regular light olive oil made a much firmer bar while the
pomace oo soaps were kinda squishy.
I might take a little break from bar soap making for a little while so I can make a dent in my soap bar collection. Might…
Although I still want to make some more liquid soap.
I'm also experimenting with some room fragrances. I purchased some
sachet beads which absorb fragrance oil which I then parcel out into
organza bags and hang around the house. So far they seem to be doing
well. I've also purchased those glass bottles with the sticks. I
haven't actually used those yet, but I have them! I just have to think
of a way to place them out of the reach of the cats. I don't want
spilled fragrance oil somewhere because the cats wanted to play with the
sticks.